The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Tony Richardson.

Cast

• Michael Redgrave as Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor
• Tom Courtenay as Colin Smith
• Avis Bunnage as Mrs. Smith
• Alec McCowen as Brown, House Master
• James Bolam as Mike
• Joe Robinson as Roach
• Dervis Ward as Detective
• Topsy Jane as Audrey
• Julia Foster as Gladys
• James Fox as Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
• John Thaw as Bosworth (uncredited)
• Arthur Mullard as Chief Borstal Officer (uncredited)
• Philip Martin as Stacy (uncredited)
• John Brooking as Green (uncredited)
• Raymond Dyer as Gordon (uncredited)
• Anthony Sagar as Fenton (uncredited)
• Peter Kriss as Scott (uncredited)
• Peter Madden as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
• Dallas Cavell as Lord Jaspers (uncredited)
• James Cairncross as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
• Frank Finlay as Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)
• Robert Percival as Tory Politician (uncredited)
• Ray Austin as Harry Craig (uncredited)
• Derek Fowlds as Borstal Inmate (uncredited)
• Billy Murray as Borstal Inmate (uncredited)
• Ernest Blyth as Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)
• Jim Brady as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
• John Bull as Ronalds (uncredited)
• Peter Duguid as Doctor (uncredited)
• Charles Dyer as Bit Part (uncredited)
• Edward Fox as Extra (uncredited)
• Brian Hammond as Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)
• William Ash Hammond as Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)
• Victor Harrington as Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)
• Fred Machon as Borstal Master at Meeting (uncredited)
• Philip Martin as Stacy (uncredited)
• Anita Oliver as Alice Smith - Colin's Sister (uncredited)
• Christopher Parker as Bill Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)
• Joe Phelps as Borstal Master in Workshop (uncredited)
• Corin Redgrave as Spectator at Sports Day (uncredited)

Crew

• Tony Richardson — Director
• Alan Sillitoe — Screenplay
• Tony Richardson — Producer
• Walter Lassally — Director of Photography

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